yap
verb (used without object)
to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Three computers have been yapping and snarling at each other over the budget for fiscal 1982 since February.
From Time Magazine Archive
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